Families and Love

Love is a serious issue and special care is needed to cultivate it and to keep it growing

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Why Trust Needs To Be Built Into The Foundation Of Your Relationships

 Why Trust Needs To Be Built Into The Foundation Of Your Relationships                                             Trust Defined According to Oxford Languages. Trust is, “a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something,”. “Relationships have to be built on trust”.                     Trust is one of the Most Important Aspect of a...

What is Best To Give, Gift Cards or Something More Personal ?

        The Best Gift to Give and Why we Give Gifts   The best gift to give is your thoughtfulness. When it comes to gift-giving and why we give them, my main reason is to show that I love someone. It is also out of appreciation. However, there are certainly more reasons for this practice. To show appreciation/gratitude. It express kindness. Often to say thank you. For a special occasion Because of a social requirement. You feel...

Why Weekends Are The Best Days To Talk About Love!

    Why are Weekends the Best Days for Talking About Love   Weekends are that part of the week when loads of people get to lay in bed, or just relax. They may read, watch tv, check out their phones, Facebook, just taking time to be alone if they choose to. I dearly hope you are one of the lucky people who can do these things. However, if it isn't, this blog, is available to everyone any day of the week at any time.    ...

Missing my Grandchildren

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. Doug Larson Missing my Grandchildren   Missing my grandchildren as I usually do every day. They are both beautiful children with their unique personalities. One is strong and determined; the other is gentle and smiling all of the time. I miss seeing them. It is truly different being with your grandchildren as opposed to being with your very own children. Having...

What it Means to be Sisters. Part 2

  What it Means to be Sisters. What it means to be sisters, is so unique to everyone and I have my own unique story. The sister closest to me in age was the one I didn’t get along with. We fought a great deal although I hardly remember what the fighting was about. She was daddy’s little girl until I came along and I think it was difficult for her to accept. To make matters even worse, she had to baby sit me. Somehow I felt closer to...

What it Means to be Sisters. Part 1

What it Means to be Sisters. I Have Two Older Sisters. What it means to be sisters is unique to everyone, therefore, there are no rules. I have two older sisters, and, as a result of the age difference they were rarely around as I grew into my teen years. There are memories of them being around when I was a little kid, but there are only a select few. They have told me that they babysat me when I was just a baby and I believe they resented it...

The Mother-in Law/Daughter-in-Law Relationship. Part 2

She is Your Daughter-in-Law, Not Your Daughter. It May Not be The Relationship we Expect it to be.     There is certainly a mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship, however, it is not necessarily going to be relationship we expect it to be. The one significant thing I had to learn to understand, "she is not my daughter. She is my daughter-in-law, not my daughter. This is an adult woman and is her own person. Our lives have newly...

Grandparents and Love. Part 2

. Does A Grandparents Have the Right to Interfere With the Raising of a Grandchild? A grandparents love may be a very important part of a child's life, but it usually is not essential. My sons saw the mistakes I made as a parent and so did I, therefore, they have every right to do the parenting in their own way. If, however, my grandchildren were in an abusive situation, I would have the responsibility to speak up. And that is the only time I...

Grandparents and Love. Part1

Grandparents and Love. Most grandparents love their grandchildren, end of. I know I love mine, they are the most amazing gift the Universe can give. I'm pretty new at being a grandparent, I have 2 grandchildren, a boy and a girl, they are, of course the most beautiful of grandchildren. We see one another, however, I do as often as we can. They live in another part of the country so it gets costly to go too often. I have loved watching them grow...

Discipline Children, but Always with Love. Part 2

        We Must Discipline our Children, but Always with Love A discussion about the need to discipline younger children.   It is essential, we must discipline our children with love. There are no exceptions to the rule. I am sharing from my own experiences what I have learned along the way, and from observing how other people discipline. Our children do not come into this world with a user guide, and most of us are not...